R 1300 GS leaning too much on the side stand?

[botus]

I had another key issue one needs to factor with your side stand length today - punctures - its often as 10 mm drop on the front and at least 20mm at the back

so there we go, you need enough lean to cope with 20 mm squat for loaded luggage, 20mm for a rear puncture and at least 20 mm for extreme winds and I guess another 30mm for the wobbly channel tunnel crossing and dodgy braking they have started to enjoy pointlessly doing to get bikes to wobbling for fun....

I bet BMW love these fools wasting 200 quid on a long stand - they'll soon be be selling engine covers, crash bars, gear levers, tanks, plastics, levers, bars the lot

 

[leadfarmer]

I had another key issue one needs to factor with your side stand length today - punctures - its often as 10 mm drop on the front and at least 20mm at the back

so there we go, you need enough lean to cope with 20 mm squat for loaded luggage, 20mm for a rear puncture and at least 20 mm for extreme winds and I guess another 30mm for the wobbly channel tunnel crossing and dodgy braking they have started to enjoy pointlessly doing to get bikes to wobbling for fun....

I bet BMW love these fools wasting 200 quid on a long stand - they'll soon be be selling engine covers, crash bars, gear levers, tanks, plastics, levers, bars the lot

You forgot to take into account Coriolis force, the stand being on the left, the effect on bikes in the northern hemisphere will be positive whereas in the southern hemisphere it will be negative

 

[Adventure Boy]

I just bought a side stand fat foot and bolted a Hocky puck to the bottom of it, Works a treat
Rob